Esli Chan

At the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), representatives of member states, civil society organizations, and non-governmental organizations convened to discuss various topics surrounding sustainable infrastructure…
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Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically inhibits the advancement of women in political leadership. As a result, there are currently only 20 women that represent as world…
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This past Wednesday, North Korea once again completed a successful testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile that was launched into the sea near Japan. This missile was reportedly the “highest and longest any North Korean missile had…
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Human rights advocate and renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has not only taken the contemporary art movement by storm but has guided international discourse on the implications of Chinese and American politics. Ai Weiwei was born in the…
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North Korea has the international community at the edge of its seat, advancing its nuclear program and frequently flexing its military might with displays of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Following the 6th and largest testing…
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Then president-elect Donald Trump’s personal phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen was one of the initial indicative moves in the incoming Trump administration’s Asian foreign policy approach. Not only did this call heighten…
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In recent years, security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region have risen to the forefront of national headlines. This region remains a battlefield of military showmanship, rising economic power, and governmental scandals – a goldmine of…
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Hong Kong’s highly anticipated election on March 26 arises from a prolonged, uneasy discourse on the legitimacy and controversy surrounding the “one country, two systems” structure. Granted back to China in 1997, Hong Kong is able to…
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Leonard J. Moore is a professor at McGill University in the Department of History and Classical Studies, specializing in the study of 19th and 20th century American social and political history. He agreed to sit down with the McGill…
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